{"id":37799,"date":"2023-05-08T18:17:40","date_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:17:40","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/?p=37799"},"modified":"2023-05-08T18:17:41","modified_gmt":"2023-05-09T01:17:41","slug":"intense-explosive-activity-multiple-pyroclastic-flows-trigger-evacuations-around-fuego-volcano-guatemala","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cww7news.com\/intense-explosive-activity-multiple-pyroclastic-flows-trigger-evacuations-around-fuego-volcano-guatemala\/","title":{"rendered":"Intense explosive activity, multiple pyroclastic flows trigger evacuations around Fuego volcano, Guatemala"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>An intense eruptive phase started at Guatemala\u2019s Fuego volcano around 08:00 UTC on May 4, 2023, characterized by lava flows, constant incandescent activity, dense gas and ash emissions, and multiple high-speed pyroclastic flows of various intensities. Abundant ashfall was reported in villages and farms located up to 50 km (31 miles) W of the volcano.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A couple of hours after the start of the eruption, authorities established a 7 km (4.3 miles) exclusion zone around the volcano and started evacuating more than 1 000 people living in the municipalities of San Pedro Yepocapa, Chimaltenango, Panimach\u00e9 I and II villages, El Porvenir and Morelia. Civil Protection official Oscar Cossio told reporters that the number of people that need to be evacuated is likely to rise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The dense ash column produced by the eruption reached an altitude of 6.7 km (22 000 feet) above sea level by 21:20 UTC, according to the Washington VAAC. Ash cloud was extending approximately 200 km (120 miles) W from the summit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">It really is quite beautiful \ud83e\udd70<br><br>Clipped from CRELOSA on YT <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/volcandefuego?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#volcandefuego<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/fuego?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#fuego<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/volcano?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#volcano<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Guatemala?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Guatemala<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/FHWtG8vIUv\">pic.twitter.com\/FHWtG8vIUv<\/a><\/p>&mdash; Volcaholic \ud83c\uddf0\ud83c\uddea \ud83c\uddec\ud83c\udde7 \ud83c\udf0b (@volcaholic1) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/volcaholic1\/status\/1654151742274125827?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">May 4, 2023<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>The eruption was accompanied by rumblings and moderate and strong shock waves on a constant basis, as well as the descent of moderate and strong pyroclastic flows that traveled between 5 and 7 km (3.1 \u2013 4.3 miles) along the Ceniza, Las Lajas, Seca and Santa Teresa ravines.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>These pyroclastic flows caused constant and abundant ashfall in the communities located in the vicinity of the volcano.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>An intense eruptive phase started at Guatemala\u2019s Fuego volcano around 08:00 UTC on May 4, 2023, characterized by lava flows, constant incandescent activity, dense gas and ash emissions, and multiple high-speed pyroclastic flows of various intensities. Abundant ashfall was reported in villages and farms located up to 50 km (31 miles) W of the volcano. 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